Trump,
who decried Kathy Griffin’s inappropriate photo last month, has sent out a
tweet in which he himself is inciting violence. Ana Navarro, who has become the voice of reason on the right,
speaks eloquently that it is time for the GOP to stand up to him. http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/trumps-tweet-cnn-incitement-violence-ana-navarro/story?id=48401702
Let’s tell our legislators that it is time for them to stand up for what
is right and decent and that freedom of the press is still valued in our
country.

As
of the weekend, more than twenty states have signaled that they will not
comply with the Election Commission request for voter data (http://www.brennancenter.org/latest-updates-fraud-commissionP
and Trump has replied directly on Twitter to ask what these states are
hiding: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-vote-tweet-idUSKBN19M3JN If our Secretary of
State/Governor/Election Board has stood up yet, let’s say thanks. If not,
let’s ask them to get involved. Here is a great example of a response from
Gov Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania: https://mobile.twitter.com/GovernorTomWolf/status/880893706517315584.
We can also a) Contact the
White House and demand that Trump release his tax returns, because, you
know, what is he trying to hide, b) Send a letter to the editor of our
local or regional newspaper asking the same, c) Urge our state
representatives to file legislation requiring all presidential and vice
presidential candidates who want to appear on the state ballot to release
their tax returns.

Jobs for vets:
There’s a shortage of commercial truck drivers in the US. At the same
time, back at stateside, vets who drove trucks and heavy vehicles during
their military service encounter onerous barriers to getting their
Commercial Driver’s Licenses. A bipartisan bill (Senators Warren (D-Mass),
Cornyn (R-Texas), Duckworth (D-Ill), and Tillis (R-NC)) would streamline
the process for servicemembers to get their CDL’s. A similar bill has
recently passed the House: https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/veteran-jobs-bills-pass-us-house Let’s reinforce bipartisanship and help
vets get jobs by telling our sentors to pass the ADVANCE Act: Active Duty
Voluntary Acquisition of Necessary Credentials for Employment

The National
Low Income Housing Coalition, a group of housing advocates dedicated since
1974 to preserving existing federally assisted housing, expanding the
supply of low income housing, and establishing housing stability (http://nlihc.org/about), is calling for a national housing week
of action July 22-29. The
combination of HUD Secretary Ben Carson—who apparently thinks poverty is
“a state of mind”—and Trump’s proposed budget cuts does not bode well for
the millions who do not have an affordable place to call home, much less
the 500,000+ who sleep in the streets, in shelters, or in their cars on
any given night in the wealthiest country on earth. Let’s join
them in persuading our MoCs to invest in affordable housing: https://www.ourhomes-ourvoices.org/about

Even Kris Kobach, the
co-chair of Trump’s “voter fraud” commission, is defying
the unprecedented White House request that states turn over voter
registration data, including partial Social Security numbers, party
affiliation and military status to the commission: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-than-20-states-reject-voter-fraud-commissions-request-for-data/ In his role as the
Kansas secretary of state, Kobach admitted that Kansas does not, and would
not, make voters’ social security numbers publicly available. Eleven
states, representing 30.2% of the population, have outright refused to
comply with Trump’s demand—not all of them blue states—while another 27.4%
of Americans reside in states that will only partially comply. We
should be appalled that this information is even being sought, especially
when no voter fraud has been demonstrated anywhere. Those of us in
“undecided” or “partial compliance” states should make sure our
representatives know that we expect our personal information to be safeguarded.
A list of the states and their responses to Trump’s demand is here: http://www.thestate.com/news/business/national-business/article159189399.html

Steven
Bradbury has been nominated as General Counsel to the Department of
Transportation. Bradbury has been outspoken in his support of torture, and
his only relevant experience is as an industry insider https://risestronger.org/newsroom/stevenbradburycta Let's contact our senators and ask
that they oppose Bradbury as General Counsel to the DoT.

A recent Pew
study has found that the majority of Americans believe that the government
should be responsible for providing healthcare coverage http://pewrsr.ch/2s4BMXy In order to to start making any
steps forward in the fight for universal healthcare, the Democratic Party
should be on the same page. For those of us with Democratic
representatives and senators, at both state and federal level, let's give
them a call and tell them we support healthcare for all.

Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) has introduced an
amendment, HR1229, to repeal the Authorization to Use Military Force
(AUMF) Act. This would put the power of authorizing military force
back in the hands of Congress. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/29/congress-vote-authorize-war-islamic-state-240095 She
has been working to repeal the AUMF since it was put in place in 2001.
Let tell our own representatives to support HR1229. Let's
thank the congresswoman for her leadership and persistence: Barbara Lee,
1301 Clay St Ste 1000N, Oakland CA 94612-5233.

If you entered
the US as a legally adopted child, but were never naturalized, you can be
deported as an adult to a country where you know no one, where you don’t
speak the language, where you have no support of any kind. Phillip Clay
was adopted from South Korea at age eight. His bipolar and addiction
problems got him involved with the law as he grew older. Because his parents never applied for
his naturalization, he became a victim of deportation, after nearly 30
years in the U.S. Losing
everything, he committed suicide there earlier this year. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/02/world/asia/south-korea-adoptions-phillip-clay-adam-crapser.htmlThe
Child Citizenship Act of 2000, effective February 27, 2001 grants an
adopted child, immigrating to the United States, "automatic"
citizenship. All children adopted
before that date must go through the naturalization process. Let’s tell our MoCs that we want them to reintroduce and pass the
Adoptee Citizenship Act and make citizenship retroactive for all these
others as a matter of simple justice.http://adopteerightscampaign.org/aca/

Other Actions

While
our senators are in-state for the congressional recess, let's write a
letter to the editor of our local newspaper in defense of the
ACA/universal healthcare and in opposition to the AHCA and BCRA healthcare
bills. MomsRising has simplified the process with an easy walkthrough on
their website: http://action.momsrising.org/lte/SenateHealthcare_LTE

The Nation has been
fighting for progressive causes since the Civil War, and they’re stepping
up as always during the Trump era. They’re launching a new feature called
“Take Action Now” where every Tuesday they’ll send you three actions to do
– a quick one, one that will take a few hours, and a deep-commitment
action. These will be curated by their editors to make the biggest impact.
You can sign up here: https://www.thenation.com/sailthruform/take-action-now.

We all know that Trump,
unlike previous presidents, has not made his tax returns public. We also
know that he did not really divest from his businesses properly and
continues to profit from them. But most of us probably don't have a full
grasp of the nature and extent of Trump's conflicts of interest. This
serious article spells them all out and explains why they are a problem.
Let's get a cup of coffee before we read it because It's a long, long
list. https://www.justsecurity.org/42728/mixing-politics-business-master-list-trumps-conflicts-interest/

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